Death and state funeral of Jack Layton
id:
death-and-state-funeral-of-jack-layton-175-9045015
title:
Death and state funeral of Jack Layton
text:
On August 22, 2011, Canadian New Democratic Party leader and Leader of the Opposition Jack Layton died from an unspecified, newly diagnosed cancer. Prior to his recent diagnosis, Layton led his party to historic gains during the 2011 federal election. His state funeral was held on Saturday, August 27, 2011 at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto. Protocol does not mandate state funerals for a Leader of the Opposition as it does for Prime Ministers and Governors General, but Prime Minister Stephen Harper
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
2011 death of the Canadian opposition leader
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_and_state_funeral_of_Jack_Layton
date created:
2011-08-23T01:40:48Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T03:46:03Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q5247275","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5247275"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Jack_Layton_-_2011.jpg","width":2000,"height":3000}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16